Name: Monica Aksamit

Sport: Fencing

Discipline(s): Saber Fencing

Event(s): Team

Height: 6-0

Weight: 165

DOB: 2/18/1990

Birthplace: N.Y.

Hometown: Matawan, N.J.

High School: Matawan Regional High School (Matawan, N.J.) '08

College: Penn State University ’16, Kinesiology

Team/Club: Manhattan Fencing center

Coach(es): Yury Gelman

Olympic Experience

• Olympian (2016); Olympic medalist (bronze)
• Rio 2016, bronze (team)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2018 – 38th (individual)
• Years of participation: 2009, 2017, 2018
• Top finish: 6th – 2009 (team)

Personal: Daughter of Peter Aksamit and Marzena Kaminska...Has one sister, Olivia...Began fencing at age 9…Won team silver medal at the 2008 FIE Junior World Championships as an 18-year-old...Two-time NCAA team champion...Three-time All-American...Hobbies include reading, running, yoga, baking and watching movies.

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